document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140785>Question 1140785</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you please help this. I got 7/8 is an answer. I dont know if iam right. So please help me<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mrs wong bought 2 types of ingredients, flour and sugar to make some cookies. she used the same amount of flour and sugar for the cookies, had 3/4 of the flour and 3/8 of the sugar left.what fractions of the total ingredient bought was used to make the cookies? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #761276 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=761276\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As I understand the problem, suppose she had 1 unit of flour, and now has 3/4 left.  Then she used 1/4 a unit of flour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because she used the same amount of sugar, she used 1/4 a unit of sugar as well.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But 3/8 of a unit of sugar is left.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So she started with 1 5/8 units of both, 1 of flour and 3/8+1/4=5/8 of a unit of sugar.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 13/8 units of ingredients\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "She used 2/4 or 4/8 units, 1/4 for each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She used 4/8 divided by 13/8 or 4/13 of the total amount. </SPAN>\n" );
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